East Peoria house fire causes $15,000 damage

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Posted Jan. 16, 2014 at 10:25 PM

Posted Jan. 16, 2014 at 10:25 PM

EAST PEORIA — A house fire caused an estimated $15,000 in damage Thursday afternoon.

At 4:43 p.m., firefighters got a call of a fire that was emanating from the garage, which made up part of the first floor of the house. When firefighters arrived four minutes later, the house’s occupants already had gotten out without injury.

The fire was contained within four minutes. While firefighters were airing out the second story of the house, the fire sparked again in the room above the garage. It took firefighters and additional 10 minutes to put out that flare-up.

The cause of the fire still was under investigation by the East Peoria Fire Department as of Thursday night.